[ltp] New ATI Driver

[Lars Roland]

On 11/13/05, Mario Limonciello <mario.mailing@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm shocked and appalled that this hasn't been mentioned yet on this list=
!
>
> ATI's new driver (8.19.10) was recently released.  It introduces the
> first support in fglrx for suspend/resume as well as PowerPlay.
>
> Once you install it, you can configure your settings for Power
> Management with the provided aticonfig utility.
>
> aticonfig --lsp
>
> Will list your possible states to be in.
>
> ati-config --set-powerstate=3DNUMBER
>
> Will set your video card to this state.
> As of now this can be set to be defaulted in xorg with an option in your
> xorg.conf file, or you can change it on the fly using the aticonfig utili=
ty.
>
> Combine this with CPU frequency scaling and this is the first time that
> my r50p thinkpad sounds like it does in windows.  My fan is off most of
> the time, and when its not, its almost inaudible.

Sounds great, I will however stay with the open source drivers until
ATI have there bigdesktop setup as stable as MergedFB, have anyone
tested these new drivers in a dual screen setup ? - while we are at it
does there latest drivers play nicely with modular X ?


--
Lars Roland